One leader defines leadership this way - “Leadership is disappointing people at a rate they can tolerate.” When I first read this...

Quick post today.. Partnering with the Church Leadership & Organizational Development Facebook group on a project, and would love your...

I've decided to stop complaining in 2023. Who's with me!? Here is why. Regardless of the context, complaining contaminates any...

Let's talk about this word Immanuel, a word that is only really used at Christmas time. Here is what it means. Immanuel: noun. Bible. The...

I heard it again. It was a statement describing me that I've heard fairly consistently most of my professional life. I've never really...

One of my favorite stories to tell has, as its lead character, a gentleman called Ernest Shackleton. Better known for his explorations...

One of the more haunting quotes that has consistently confronted me over the years, working in the church, reads this way: Are you the...

Every Friday night just before our high school football team would run out on the field, our football coach would pray. Here is what he...

Some of the most exhausting seasons in my life just happened to correspond with some of the most productive seasons, doing good in the...

Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep...

Author and Pastor AW Tozer offers this thought that I'd like to unpack a bit - “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the...

(A free sample chapter 22 from my devotional/book. If you like it, or feel someone you know would benefit in their season of challenge,...

At the base of the magnificent 385,000 - gallon Great Ocean Tank, located in the center of Charleston's South Carolina Aquarium, lay a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the...

I should have a masters degree in overthinking things. Honestly, my complicated head space can dance between a grateful heart having...

17th century Poet and Church of England Pastor George Herbert summarizes the implication of Easter on humanity. He writes that ”Death...

If you could offer a one sentence summary of suffering that you’ve experienced, what would you say? This question was asked of me the...

So it would be ridiculous for me not to write about the latest member of our expanding family. This past Wednesday, our first born...

It’s funny how we are in our humanity. There are seasons where God clearly gives us victories. We celebrate. We do the happy dance. This...

The short answer is “Yes.” God can handle it. The longer answer is still “Yes” but involves some deeper understanding of God’s heart for...